Publications

A guide to help councils navigate devolution deals, with a particular focus on understanding the lessons from developing a deal to delivering it.

We want to help councils at all stages of their devolution journey and offer a range of support, from advice and research to networking and events.

This short guide gives information on the role of combined authority mayors, what they will do and what this means for the residents they serve.

This guide provides answers to some of the key questions about devolution and what it means for councils, their residents and communities.

Key points of learning for those faced with strategic choices regarding devolved governance arrangements.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has long called for genuine devolution to local areas. We believe that greater fiscal freedom, the power to raise more money locally and have greater control over how this money is spent in local areas is a crucial part of this process.

Shared Intelligence (SI) was commissioned by the Local Government Association to capture learning for policymakers in central and local government from eight place-based programmes that have been delivered over the last 20 years.

Drawing on the experience of the devolution deals agreed since November 2014 – and Greater Manchester’s experience in particular – the research has found four major themes critical to the success of a distinctively English form of devolution.

Opportunities for communicators working within or for devolved areas, as well as some key principles to consider.

Over the past year the LGA has run a levelling up locally inquiry into how the Government’s levelling up agenda might better strengthen local communities.